MEANDER in a Sentence

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Needing to stay close to a source of water, he follows every twist and turn of the streams as they meander through the countryside.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEANDER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
meander
 v.  follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
Classic Sentence:
1  Not to meander myself, at present, I will go back to my birth.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
2  After crossing a low vale, through which a gushing brook meandered, he suddenly ascended a hill, so steep and difficult of ascent, that the sisters were compelled to alight in order to follow.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
3  From under the door there curled a little red ribbon of blood, which had meandered across the passage and formed a little pool along the skirting at the other side.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Example Sentence:
1  Needing to stay close to a source of water, he follows every twist and turn of the streams as they meander through the countryside.
2  The river meandered gently along the valley floor.